Sunday Bulletin 16 Nov 2025

FSSP Chaplaincy Bulletin, 16-29 November 2025

Est. 19th July 2011

Served by the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter by appointment from the RC Diocese of Northampton

Residence: St Alban House, 18 Brett Drive, Bromham, Bedford MK43 8RF

Landline: 01234 954 316

  Worship across three churches:

Sunday 8:30am: All Saints, Church End, Kempston, Bedford MK43 8RH

Sunday 12noon: Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Chesham Bois, 30 Amersham Road, HP6 5PE

Weekdays: Our Lady of Ransom, 307 Bedford Rd, Kempston, Bedford MK42 8QB: see below.

fssp.org.uk/bedford or fssp.org.uk/chesham     

facebook.com/bedfordlatinmass facebook.com/fssp.england

Chaplain: Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP: malleray@fssp.org

Secretary: Mrs Theresa Madden: bedford@fssp.org

Safeguarding: If you have concerns about children or vulnerable adults, please contact the FSSP Northampton Safeguarding officer William Currie: Tel: 07825 089 336. Email: safeguardingfssp@pm.me. Reminder: NO child must be left unsupervised at any time.

Watch daily Mass by the FSSP on www.livemass.net/locations/warrington.html

Daily Holy Mass readings: www.divinumofficium.com/cgi-bin/missa/missa.pl

CONFESSIONS TIMES

With presently only one priest, occasional changes in Mass times and other activities may take place.

Our Lady of Ransom (for anyone): Sat 10:00am-11:15am, and 20mins before every weekday Mass. At All Saints: during Sunday Mass in the room behind the organ. Chesham Bois: after the Sunday 12noon Mass if not before.

Please note the changes below: Wed 19 Nov, Mass at 7:45AM; Sat 29 Nov, Mass at 9:00AM.

Thank you to the benefactor who paid for a professional photocopier for the Chaplaincy, installed last week. Thank you to the parishioners in Chesham Bois and Bedford who printed the newsletter over the past two years.

Young adults’ trek with Fr de Malleray on Sat 29^th Nov, 11am. Meet at Ashridge Visitor Centre, Ringshall, Berkhamsted HP4 1LX (free access and free parking.) For 18-35. Lunch at pub on the way. Bring your friends along. Ask for a lift.

Thank you to the parents of 10 candidates who have registered for First Holy Communions scheduled on Sunday 7^th June 2026.

If you child will have turned seven by then,

please email ASAP bedford@fssp.org.

Dowry Mag Autumn 2025 Issue is Out

In this issue:

Editorial: O Lord, Grant Us Many Holy Priests!

Fr de Malleray shares good news about our vocations in the UK and Ireland, and encourages all to pray for more and advertise our next weekend of discernment.

FSSP Seminarians on Pilgrimage to Rome

Our Theology seminarians from our European and American seminaries met on pilgrimage to Rome and were greeted by Pope Leo XIV.

St Joan of Arc, A Prophetess For Our Times 

Fr Jacques Olivier, FSSP, served in London in the mid-2000s and published a doctoral thesis in theology on The Political and Ecclesial Prophetism of Joan of Arc, explaining why this saint is of particular relevance to English Catholics.

Teenagers Love Norman Shrines and Castles

Forty-eight children and their parents, mostly connected with the Bedford-based FSSP Gregorian Chaplaincy, spent the first week of September on holiday in Normandy. Dowry asked some of the teenagers to share their impressions.

Power, Responsibility, and the Common Good

A Thomistic reflection for our times given by Fr Miklos Homolya, FSSP at the annual Juventutem Summer Weekend in July 20205 at Ampleforth Abbey  

Two Events for Priests and Future Priests

A clergy Retreat on the theme This Sacred Victim will take place at Stonyhurst on 5-9 Oct 2026. A Vocation weekend of Discernment for men will take place at Buckden Towers on 13-15 March 2026.

Black Robe: Zeal for Souls in New France

Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP reviews a film about the heroic endeavours of seventeenth-century missionary Jesuits in Canada.

Scripture and Stone: Life in Jerusalem

Fr Gwilym Evans, FSSP studied Hebrew and Arabic at Cambridge before converting and joining the FSSP, and has spent the last eighteen months studying scriptures in Jerusalem, coinciding with the Gaza War.

[Click on front cover picture below to open the magazine]

LAUNCHING THE HOLY FAMILY PROJECT:

A new legal entity, the Holy Family Project Ltd, has been formed to raise funds to acquire a place of worship. Contact any of the members of our team: Alex Windo, Jon Moxham or James Paul.

Bank Details:

• Account Name: Holy Family Ltd;
• Sort Code: 23-05-80
• Account Number: 5629 3213

Welcome to Fr John Emerson, FSSP covering our Kempston Masses on 19-23 Nov. A senior member of the FSSP, Fr Emerson set up our ministry in its earliest stage in England in 2000, moving in 2001 to Scotland where he still resides. Please note the change of Mass times on Wednesday 19^th Nov: not 7:15pm but 7:45AM (morning).

Fr de Malleray will be away this week (after the 6:30am Mass on Tuesday) on annual retreat and assures you of his prayer, as he requests yours.

Men’s Vocation Weekend 13-15 March 2026, at Buckden Towers PE19 5TA. £99.00 per person in total (bed + full board). FREE for unwaged. For 18+ single Catholic men. Contact malleray@fssp.org.

Find out more here: https://fssp.org.uk/mens-discernment-weekend-13-15-march-2026/ .

Clergy Retreat in Stonyhurst on 5-9 October 2026.

Find out more here https://fb.me/e/639xdmhC3 .

Aged 18-25? Catholic? Motivated to help the formation of Catholic children through games, songs, and outdoor activities? Become a SCOUTS OF EUROPE leader!

Our group in Bedfordshire is recruiting for female leaders (and young men) to help run our groups: Wolvets (aged 8-12) and Guides (aged 12-17). No prior experience is required; we will provide all the training.

This is a voluntary position but training & travel expenses will be covered; opportunity for international travel.

Weekend sessions every 2-3 weeks, eg Sunday 10:30am – 12:30pm; sometimes camping from Saturday 12pm – Sunday 12pm. Plus 2-3 longer camps per year (Easter, Summer) ; Planning meetings (on Zoom) ; DBS/safeguarding checks.

Benefits: Serve the Lord through helping to grow this wonderful movement ; Gain valuable experience ; Have loads of fun!

For further information, please contact 1^st & 2^nd Bedford FSE Group leader Simon Lubbock: simon_lubbock@hotmail.com

The Catholic Safeguarding Standards Agency recently audited the Safeguarding practices of our English apostolates and have now uploaded their audit report which can be found on catholicsafeguarding.org.uk. Our overall grading is results being achieved, which is the fifth out of seven ratings from below basic to exemplary. I would like to thank our own Safeguarding Rep William Currie for his own significant contribution in promoting a safe culture within our chaplaincy.

Coincidentally, this Sunday, the Catholic Church in England particularly focusses on the importance of Safeguarding. With this in mind, have you heard of low-level concerns? If not, simply put, these are a sense that things are not quite right, that someone’s behaviour around others is leaving you uncomfortable. If you experience this, trust your instinct! Don’t think “what if I’m wrong?” but rather “what if I’m right?” and pass it on to our Safeguarding Rep. Phone 07825 089336, or email: safeguardingfssp@pm.me.

Bedford Christmas dinner, Monday 8^th December (following 5:30pm Mass of the Immaculate Conception) at The Knife & Cleaver, The Grove, Houghton Conquest MK45 3LA.

To secure the booking, we need to provide a rough number attending. Please add your name to the sign-up sheet in the back of church, along with the number of courses (Two courses £27.95; three courses £33.95 + a £1 booking fee per person). Payment can be sorted later. The Festive Fare menu can be viewed at https://knifeandcleaver.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/FINAL_CDG-_CHRISTMAS_MENUS_2025_11zon.pdf 

Chesham Bois Christmas dinner on 13^th Dec. (book with Agostino Di Falco).

Our former seminarian Luke Mazurek, on pastoral placement in Bedford from November 2024 until Easter 2025, expresses his gratitude for the many prayers offered for his priestly vocation and for the messages of support.

He is happy to share the good news that he has been accepted as a seminarian at the Good Shepherd Institute, a good traditional community with its seminary and headquarters near Chartres, in France. Please continue to pray for him, and for all priestly candidates.

SUPPORT FSSP Bedford/Chesham Bois:
Lloyds Bank; Sort Code: 30-80-27 ; Account number: 44025960; Account name: FSSP Bedford

Pray for  the sick in our congregations: Lottie Newman-Craig, Harry Titmus, Maria Chidell, Monika Oledzka, Mrs Henn, Eliah Isaac, Baby Vincent Jones, Tom and Inma Jones, Patsy Crocker, Baby Joseph Osborn. R.I.P. Prima Nevard, Carl Roberts.  Please email additions to this list.

Looking towards Advent

This is our last newsletter edition this liturgical year, as on Saturday 29th Nov afternoon, Holy Church will celebrate the First Vespers of Advent, hence the beginning of the new liturgical year.

In addition to our two Christmas dinners, you are invited to our…

First Sat 6th Dec – St Nicholas’ Day – Advent Talk in Bedford:

Schedule
10:00AM Exposition and Confessions
11:15AM Eucharistic adoration ends with Benediction of the Bl. Sacrament
11:30AM Holy Mass of St Nicholas
12:10PM Holy Rosary (and further confessions)
12:40PM First Sat 15-min private meditation
1:10PM End, and departure towards Willington Hall
1:30PM Access Willington Hall and packed lunch
2:30PM-3:15PM Advent talk on The Immaculate Conception of Our Lady for parents / adults by Chaplain + Q&As (couple of adult volunteers to be with children in adjacent room)
4:30PM Vacate Hall

Also, Advent Talk on The Immaculate Conception of Our Lady (her feast the following day) for all on Sunday 7th December after 12noon Sunday Mass in Chesham Bois. Bring shared lunch in Guild Room. Anyone welcome.

Finally, our Christmas Mass schedule will be as follows:

• At Sts Philip and James Church, 2 Severn Way, Bedford MK41 7BX, Wednesday 24th December: 11:30PM Christmas carols, followed by Sung Midnight Mass (“of the night”) starting at midnight
• At All Saints Church in Kempston Rural, Thursday 25th December: 8:30AM Sung Christmas Mass “of Dawn”
• At Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Chesham Bois, 30 Amersham Road, HP6 5PE, Thursday 25th December: at 12noon, Christmas Mass “of the Day”

by Fr AM